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rLANT MORPHOLOGY. 
A Legume is an elongated, monocarpellary, usually 
dry, dehiscent fruit, in which dehiscence takes place 
along both sutures, the carpel thus dividing into two 
halves, known as valves, as in the pea. In some cases 
legumes are jointed or articulated and indehiscent, 
breaking up at maturity into a number of parts which 
are dispersed in much the same manner as samara- 
like fruits, as in Meibomia. Legumes may be not only 
indehiscent but fleshy, as in cassia fistula. 
A Nut is an achene-like fruit, the pericarp of which 
is more or less indurated. Nuts are sometimes sub- 
tended (as in acorns) or inclosed by (as in chestnuts) a 
kind of involucre, forming what is technically known 
as a cupule; and a fruit consisting of a nut and 
cupule is known as a Gians. The achene-like fruit of 
the Labiatee is spoken of as a Nutlet. 
A Pepo is an inferior berry, in which the placentae 
have become developed into succulent layers, as in the 
watermelon and cucumber. 
A Pod is a general term used to designate all dry, 
dehiscent, apocarpous or syncarpous fruits, as capsules, 
follicles and legumes. 
A Pome is an indehiscent, inferior, fleshy, syncarpous 
fruit, as in the apple. The carpels constitute the core, 
and the fleshy part is developed from the combined re- 
ceptacle and basal portion of catyx, corolla and stamens. 
A Samara is a winged achene like fruit; the winged 
appendage may be at the apex, as in white ash, or 
around the edge, as in elm. Two samaras may be united 
into one fruit, which is called a “double samara.” 
A Sorosis is a fleshy fruit resulting from the aggre- 
gation of the carpels of several flowers, as in mulberry 
and pineapple. 
A Strobile or cone is a scaly fruit, at the base of 
each scale of which there is either a seed, as in the 
Coniferse, or an achene-like product, as in the hop. 
